Comments on: Confirming quality when paying by bank wire (T/T) http://www.qualityinspection.org/confirming-quality-when-paying-by-bank-wire-tt/ Advice and tips for successful quality control of consumer products made in China & Asia: sourcing strategies, quality control... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:05:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Renaud Anjoran http://www.qualityinspection.org/confirming-quality-when-paying-by-bank-wire-tt/comment-page-1/#comment-14765 Renaud Anjoran Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:59:56 +0000 http://www.qualityinspection.org/?p=8#comment-14765 Gerry, #1 and 3: Yes, you need to have a perfect (or near perfect) prototype before you wire the deposit. You can check the prototype when you receive it in your office, or you can pay a QA firm to review it for you. #2: No, the supplier will usually not give you a bill of materials. This is up to you to prepare it. A QA firm could help you in this task. Let me know if I responded to your questions. Gerry,
#1 and 3: Yes, you need to have a perfect (or near perfect) prototype before you wire the deposit. You can check the prototype when you receive it in your office, or you can pay a QA firm to review it for you.
#2: No, the supplier will usually not give you a bill of materials. This is up to you to prepare it. A QA firm could help you in this task.
Let me know if I responded to your questions.

]]> By: gerry http://www.qualityinspection.org/confirming-quality-when-paying-by-bank-wire-tt/comment-page-1/#comment-14764 gerry Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:49:18 +0000 http://www.qualityinspection.org/?p=8#comment-14764 this is really helpful thanks. I have some questions about the minutiae of the process. 1. Would I expect to have a sample/prototype of the product? 2. Would I also expect to have a corresponding data sheet detail the grade, type, standard of the materials that would be used? 3. How would I know whether the sample was made to the spec on the data sheet without external verification? Thanks Mack this is really helpful thanks.

I have some questions about the minutiae of the process.
1. Would I expect to have a sample/prototype of the product?
2. Would I also expect to have a corresponding data sheet detail the grade, type, standard of the materials that would be used?
3. How would I know whether the sample was made to the spec on the data sheet without external verification?

Thanks

Mack

]]> By: How to pay Chinese suppliers by bank transfer (T/T) http://www.qualityinspection.org/confirming-quality-when-paying-by-bank-wire-tt/comment-page-1/#comment-14456 How to pay Chinese suppliers by bank transfer (T/T) Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:02:08 +0000 http://www.qualityinspection.org/?p=8#comment-14456 [...] I very much agree with Etienne. I advise all importers to ask for this payment term, when they cannot afford the fees that come with a letter of credit (see Confirming quality when paying by bank wire). [...] [...] I very much agree with Etienne. I advise all importers to ask for this payment term, when they cannot afford the fees that come with a letter of credit (see Confirming quality when paying by bank wire). [...]

]]> By: Renaud Anjoran http://www.qualityinspection.org/confirming-quality-when-paying-by-bank-wire-tt/comment-page-1/#comment-14082 Renaud Anjoran Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:46:43 +0000 http://www.qualityinspection.org/?p=8#comment-14082 Jorge, In most cases, the importer has to pay before the goods are shipped out. In some cases, the supplier accepts to ship and to get paid just after. In the best case (when a good relationship has been in place for several years), the importer wires 30% before production, 40% before shipment, and 30% after delivery in his warehouse. Jorge,
In most cases, the importer has to pay before the goods are shipped out.
In some cases, the supplier accepts to ship and to get paid just after.
In the best case (when a good relationship has been in place for several years), the importer wires 30% before production, 40% before shipment, and 30% after delivery in his warehouse.

]]> By: Jorge http://www.qualityinspection.org/confirming-quality-when-paying-by-bank-wire-tt/comment-page-1/#comment-13092 Jorge Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:37:15 +0000 http://www.qualityinspection.org/?p=8#comment-13092 Renaud, I have yet to come across a supplier of mobile phones that will ship BEFORE the remaining 70% is deposited. Is this just a default position that suppliers in China adopt, and might I change it with some negotiation? Renaud,
I have yet to come across a supplier of mobile phones that will ship BEFORE the remaining 70% is deposited. Is this just a default position that suppliers in China adopt, and might I change it with some negotiation?

]]> By: Managing independent quality control http://www.qualityinspection.org/confirming-quality-when-paying-by-bank-wire-tt/comment-page-1/#comment-13009 Managing independent quality control Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:30:20 +0000 http://www.qualityinspection.org/?p=8#comment-13009 [...] Paying only after quality is confirmed. For more details, read this article if you pay by bank wire, and this one if you pay by letter of [...] [...] Paying only after quality is confirmed. For more details, read this article if you pay by bank wire, and this one if you pay by letter of [...]

]]> By: What to do after receiving bad quality products from China? http://www.qualityinspection.org/confirming-quality-when-paying-by-bank-wire-tt/comment-page-1/#comment-7011 What to do after receiving bad quality products from China? Mon, 13 Jun 2011 04:04:03 +0000 http://www.qualityinspection.org/?p=8#comment-7011 [...] you pay by bank wire, make sure you confirm quality before you transfer the [...] [...] you pay by bank wire, make sure you confirm quality before you transfer the [...]

]]> By: Confirming quality when paying by irrevocable letter of credit http://www.qualityinspection.org/confirming-quality-when-paying-by-bank-wire-tt/comment-page-1/#comment-6999 Confirming quality when paying by irrevocable letter of credit Sun, 12 Jun 2011 15:36:24 +0000 http://www.qualityinspection.org/?p=8#comment-6999 [...] In my last article, I explained how an importer can confirm his product’s quality while paying by bank wire. [...] [...] In my last article, I explained how an importer can confirm his product’s quality while paying by bank wire. [...]

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